reddeningly

adv

reddeningly

adv

Etymology From reddening + -ly.

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While turning red.

  • Desdemona, instead of thus asserting her opinion, would have reddeningly and timidly inquired that of another, with which, when she had heard it, perhaps venturing to believe she agreed[…]1838, The Metropolitan, volume 23, page 146:
  • The daemon wind died down, and the bloated, fungoid moon sank reddeningly in the west.1921, H. P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City:
1 more example
  • A blister of pus formed over it after a few days and when that popped I soaked my foot in skin-reddeningly hot water until the wound opened far enough for the sliver to sink from it and be gone.2011, David Hancock, Jackalope Hunting, page 116:

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